Witblits 430

[Jcw_PTA]

What is your opinion?

While sourcing motors the one guy told me the witblits is the worst boat he owned????

 

[willem wikkel spies]

do a search on sealine.
some say it's a bad boat. others swears it's the best boat they ever had.
makaira had one.
patrick also had one.

both of them were happy with what they had.

so it's a mixed bag of beans.

 

[willem wikkel spies]

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=53715&forum_id=19&highlight=wit+blits

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=60895&forum_id=19&highlight=wit+blits

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=61177&forum_id=21&highlight=witblits

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=57680&forum_id=116&highlight=witblits

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=36100&forum_id=19&highlight=witblits

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=29233&forum_id=19&highlight=witblits

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=23206&forum_id=19&highlight=witblits

and many more results here:

http://www.sealine.co.za/search.php?q=witblits&nr=63&page=4

 

[willem wikkel spies]

and here

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=73191&forum_id=19&highlight=witblits

 

[benniejordaan]

It depends on what you expect from it. I think they are great little light tackle boats for good conditions. But I wouldn't go 15 miles offshore. but they are good boats.

What do you intend doing with it.

 

[dugongboy]

I skippered one in Mozambique a few times, not too good offshore but it certainly has its place.

 

[Kona]

Hey Christo

Welcome to sealine, told you its a good place to get the info you require about the boat. Drop Miles a PM he has had several boats and has a good name on Sealine and will give you his honest opinion.

Cheers

Richard

 

[gumboot]

it depends on where you live and how you fish. i had one for a while and loved it sometimes, but then it made me scared, mostly in a following sea. where i live it is not a great boat because of the conditions.

i would feel quite comfortable on one in mozam, but wouldn't go 20 miles out to sea! but that's probably because it's 14 foot, not because it's a witblitz.
it was light on fuel, easy to launch and worked great in the river too. quite spacious for a boat of it's size.

good luck.

 

[Yeti]

I loved mine when I young, loved to rough it and had no more than 2 adults on board

Light to tow, light on gas and an awesome inland, estuary boat, as it is quite spacious.

Out at sea, it made me nervous, as would any small boat I guess, so choose your days at sea very carefully and head back as soon as you see a change in the weather.

having said that, I got caught in some nasty stuff off Cape point once and she got me home, but that was the day my dad started going grey and I began loosing my hair

if I was in the market for a inland boat, for fishing, that could also go to sea in flat conditions and the price was right, I would consider a WB

But its size my be restrictive depending on how many people you want to put on her, I found 3 adults to me about max !